Chapter 203: The Situation in Nanyang (4)
"Dashuai - our grain and grass are a little insufficient, Nanyang City has enough grain and grass, if they stick to it, it will not be good for us for a long time. Do you choose to withdraw your troops? A little handsome man named Jiao Zuo suddenly stood up and said.
At this time, Zhang Mancheng was discussing the military situation in the big tent of the Chinese army, and from the time he returned to Yuzhou to raise troops, he decisively gave up attacking Hefei and turned to Nanyang County. Hefei set up Yuzhou Thorn Mansion, this place is high and thick, outside the city within a radius of ten miles in all Pingchuan, not suitable for the army to be stationed for a long time, the most important thing is that they develop the force close to the north of Hefei, once Hefei City is attacked, the entire Yuzhou soldiers and horses will come together to rescue Hefei, Zhang Mancheng does not have the right siege equipment and internal response, in a short period of time can not attack Hefei at all. Rather than this, it is better to capture Nanyang County, one of the granaries. Nanyang County as Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou grain transit place, it transferred out of the grain and grass will be sent to Luoyang, and Zhou, as long as the Nanyang County at least let him not worry about the grain and grass in a short period of time, there is also a point that Nanyang is far away from Hefei, only need to cut off Nanyang and the outside world, want to lay Nanyang is easy.
Along the way, Zhang Mancheng collected refugees along the road to strengthen the army, no matter what village or county town he passed, he would rob it, Hefei sent troops to encircle and suppress the whole army, and for a time Zhang Mancheng became a lingering nightmare on the head of the people of Yuzhou, and everyone called him the demon king behind his back. No matter how capable Zhang Mancheng is, there are still a large number of loyal people in the Han Dynasty, Nanyang County Guard Chu Gong is about forty-seven years old this year, he is also recommended to the position of Nanyang County Guard step by step, during his tenure conscientiously for Liu Hong to protect the granary, even bandits, grass robbers have not lost a grain from his hands.
There was a granary outside the original Nanyang City, which was usually guarded by about 2,000 garrisons, and Zhang Mancheng's murder was too prosperous. Chu Gong ordered the whole city to transport all the grain outside to the city, and dug a well in the city in advance, so that the 30,000 people in their city had food and drink to stay in the city, even if Zhang Mancheng shouted outside the sky, Chu Gong refused to fight, only to make Zhang Mancheng very annoyed, after about ten days, Zhang Mancheng asked his soldiers to block all the four gates of Nanyang County, no one was allowed to enter or exit, even a bird could not let them fly out, and then he asked people to cut down the surrounding trees to make ladders. It's just that there are less than 30,000 elite troops under his command, and the rest are ordinary people who don't know anything, so he can only let these people rush up with wooden sticks and wooden shields on the ladder, but after a few days, the casualties are somewhat heavy, and the food on his side is beginning to run out, if the food problem is not solved immediately, it will cause unstability in the army's morale and even mutiny after a long time.
Hearing this little handsome's words, Zhang Mancheng also had a headache, what should he do? He has also tried to dig tunnels in the past few days, but before he reached the gate of Nanyang City, he was recognized by Chu Gong, and he bombarded the top of the tunnel with the trebuchet on the city, causing the newly formed tunnel to collapse instantly. It is even more difficult to cut off the water source of Nanyang County, there is groundwater in this place, and Zhang Mancheng can only sigh every day. But after all, he is the backbone of this army, and he is still a majestic commander in front of his subordinates, only to see him frown: "You fucking fart - withdraw the army, you say it easy!" Ben Shuai came to fight Nanyang City to seize grain and grass, and now after fighting for so many days, the city has been almost consumed, and it looks like the city is about to be broken, now you will give me 5,000 men and horses to attack the south gate of Nanyang County, and if you can't fight it today, you will not be allowed to come back! "Jiaozuo is also unlucky, everyone tacitly knows that there is a shortage of grain and grass, but others are not angry, and they have to scold it anyway.
"Da Shuai-the last general-" Jiao Zuo didn't expect his kindness to make Da Shuai furious, and he hurriedly knelt on the ground and didn't know what to say?
"Get out-" Zhang Mancheng smashed the cup in his hand in front of Jiao Zuo, and the little handsomes below hurriedly dragged Jiao Zuo out when they saw this. When Jiao Zuo was dragged out, Zhang Mancheng's mood suddenly became comfortable after he let out a bad breath, and the guards around him hurriedly poured Zhang Mancheng a new cup of tea.
"Da Shuai - the last general has a word that he wants Da Shuai to take a closer look, and I hope that Da Shuai will correct any shortcomings. Now we don't lack men and horses, our men and horses are several times the defenders of Nanyang County, and now we can send troops to collect grain and grass near Nanyang County while attacking the city. It can not only alleviate the crisis of grain and grass, but also ensure the progress of the siege of Nanyang County, and the last general is also willing to lead 5,000 men and horses to attack the city, saying that 1,000 to 10,000 still have to fight Nanyang County to have a way to live. Seeing that Zhang Mancheng's face was somewhat relieved, another Yellow Turban Army general named Meng Hai slashed up and said.
"Well, Menghai's proposal is good, but you don't have to think about attacking the city. Give you 5,000 men and horses, be sure to collect 50,000 stone of grain and grass within three days, no matter how you do it, as long as it is something that can be eaten, you will get it all back! The rest of you will lead your men and horses to attack Nanyang County with all your might, and you must take Nanyang City for me within three days. If you can lay down Nanyang City, Ben Shuai will let you have fun for three days and three nights, as long as you can grab everything will belong to you! How about - little cubs, it's time to show your fangs, don't let Ben Shuai underestimate you! "Also Meng Hai can speak, this kind of speech makes him listen to it more comfortably, Zhang Mancheng took this opportunity to promise a heavy reward, he must break Nanyang County within three days and capture the damned county guard Chu Gong alive.
"Thank you, big marshal - the little ones will go out and order all the soldiers and horses, and they will come to see you if they don't defeat Nanyang County within three days!" When the handsome people below heard Zhang Mancheng's order, they hurriedly turned around and ran out.
I could only hear a burst of neighing outside, and all the men and horses in each battalion carried the ladder of the siege city towards Nanyang City. These people are all following Zhang Mancheng to loot the county, villages, and wealthy families, and all women, maids, and young ladies have escaped their poisonous hands, once the seeds of evil are planted, then they are out of control, Zhang Mancheng has no choice but to train his subordinates into a group of devils, or a group of beasts, and now he can only maintain the combat effectiveness of the army.
All the way Zhou Yu came from Lujiang County, he only heard that Zhang Mancheng's soldiers were very fierce, but no one wanted to talk about his atrocities, and those who knew that his soldiers were atrocities were not complicit, that is, they died. Anyway, Zhou Yu still doesn't know, if he knows that Zhang Mancheng's behavior is the same as when the Japanese devils entered China, the blood debt owed by burning, killing, and robbing is innumerable. As long as the Chinese men cannot forget this history of blood and tears, we must remember this unbearable hatred, and wait for the opportunity to let their little devils taste the taste of the destruction of the country and the extinction of the species. As soon as he said this, he was far away, no matter when he was fighting, he had to have some bottom line, Zhang Mancheng didn't know anything about his surname that had swelled during this time, he only knew that he was a divine envoy and a commander of tens of thousands of people, and tens of thousands of people died at the first order.
"Newspaper - Marshal, a convoy of 200 people outside the camp, someone who came claimed to be your little uncle! There's a big gift for you—" Just when Zhang Mancheng was imagining that he was sitting in the Nanyang County Guard's Mansion and hugging left and right, a small soldier wrapped in a yellow turban ran in.